diff --git a/internal/server/http.go b/internal/server/http.go
index 876f959..3aa5def 100644
--- a/internal/server/http.go
+++ b/internal/server/http.go
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+//modified http
+
 package server
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
@@ -25,24 +26,6 @@ type HandlerMux struct {
 	rateLimiter func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request, http.Handler)
 }
 
-type HTTPResponse struct {
-	Data interface{} `json:"data"`
-}
-
-type HTTPErrorResponse struct {
-	Error interface{} `json:"error"`
-}
-
-func errorResponse(response string) string {
-	errorMessage := map[string]string{"error": response}
-	jsonResponse, err := json.Marshal(errorMessage)
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("Error marshaling response: %v", slog.Any("err", err))
-		return `{"error": "internal server error"}`
-	}
-
-	return string(jsonResponse)
-}
 
 func (cim *HandlerMux) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	middleware.TrailingSlashMiddleware(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -95,43 +78,23 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) Shutdown() error {
 }
 
 func (s *HTTPServer) HealthCheck(w http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
-	util.JSONResponse(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]string{"message": "server is running"})
+	util.HttpResponseJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]string{"message": "Server is running"})
 }
 
 func (s *HTTPServer) CliHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	diceCmd, err := util.ParseHTTPRequest(r)
 	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, errorResponse(err.Error()), http.StatusBadRequest)
+		util.HttpResponseException(w,http.StatusBadRequest,err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	resp, err := s.DiceClient.ExecuteCommand(diceCmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.Error("error: failure in executing command", "error", slog.Any("err", err))
-		http.Error(w, errorResponse(err.Error()), http.StatusBadRequest)
-		return
-	}
-
-	respStr, ok := resp.(string)
-	if !ok {
-		slog.Error("error: response is not a string", "error", slog.Any("err", err))
-		http.Error(w, errorResponse("internal server error"), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		return
-	}
-
-	httpResponse := HTTPResponse{Data: respStr}
-	responseJSON, err := json.Marshal(httpResponse)
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.Error("error marshaling response to json", "error", slog.Any("err", err))
-		http.Error(w, errorResponse("internal server error"), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		return
-	}
-
-	_, err = w.Write(responseJSON)
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, errorResponse("internal server error"), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		util.HttpResponseException(w,http.StatusBadRequest,err)
 		return
 	}
+	util.HttpResponseJSON(w, http.StatusOK, resp)
 }
 
 func (s *HTTPServer) SearchHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
diff --git a/util/helpers.go b/util/helpers.go
index 3ce7f74..25b4793 100644
--- a/util/helpers.go
+++ b/util/helpers.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// modifed helpers.go
+
 package utils
 
 import (
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"server/config"
 	"server/internal/middleware"
 	db "server/internal/tests/dbmocks"
@@ -15,6 +19,19 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+type HttpResponse struct {
+    Data        interface{} 	`json:"data"`
+    Error       *ErrorDetails	`json:"error"`
+    HasError    bool        	`json:"hasError"`
+    HasData     bool        	`json:"hasData"`
+    StackTrace  *string     	`json:"stackTrace,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type ErrorDetails struct {
+    Message    *string  `json:"message"`
+    StackTrace *string `json:"stackTrace,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Map of blocklisted commands
 var blocklistedCommands = map[string]bool{
 	"FLUSHALL":     true,
@@ -131,3 +148,47 @@ func SetupRateLimiter(limit int64, window float64) (*httptest.ResponseRecorder,
 
 	return w, r, rateLimiter
 }
+
+func generateHttpResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, statusCode int, data interface{}, err *string) {
+    response := HttpResponse{
+        HasData:  data != nil,
+        HasError: err != nil,
+        Data:     data,
+    }
+
+	if err != nil {
+		errorDetails := &ErrorDetails{
+			Message: err,
+		}
+		if os.Getenv("ENV") == "development" {
+			stackTrace := string(debug.Stack())
+			errorDetails.StackTrace  = &stackTrace
+		}
+		response.Error  = errorDetails
+	}
+
+    w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+    w.WriteHeader(statusCode)	
+
+    if encodeErr := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(response); encodeErr != nil {
+        http.Error(w, "Internal Server Error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+    }
+}
+
+func HttpResponseJSON(w http.ResponseWriter,statusCode int, data interface{}) {
+    generateHttpResponse(w, http.StatusOK, data, nil)
+}
+
+func HttpResponseException(w http.ResponseWriter, statusCode int, err interface{}) {
+    var errorStr string
+    switch e := err.(type) {
+    case error:
+        errorStr = e.Error()
+    case string:
+        errorStr = e
+    default:
+        errorStr = "Unknown error type"
+    }
+    generateHttpResponse(w, statusCode, nil, &errorStr)
+}
+